A choice of fraught alternatives. How best to support the Normandy invasion was the most serious difference between #Churchill and #Roosevelt in the closing stages of WW2. Excerpted with key memoranda from *Normandy and Beyond, The Churchill Documents, Volume 21 <https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/anvil-invasion-south-france-1944/>*
"My dear Ike…. We were so often in full agreement that the tale of our relations should be easy and agreeable for each of us to tell.... As you know, I did not agree with 'Anvil,' which was launched in 1944, as I thought it too far to assist you in your Normandy struggle. As things turned out it was you who helped 'Anvil' and not 'Anvil' which helped you." —WSC to Eisenhower, 1 July 1948 "I made the attempt in my narrative [*Crusade in Europe*] to outline every major point that you advanced with respect to it and then gave my own reasons for insisting upon the attack. I made the observation that I always felt that your view could easily have been the correct one provided the Western Allies were at that moment concerned with the post-hostilities situation in Europe." —Eisenhower to WSC, 12 July 1948 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
